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Senate's New AICOA Attack on Amazon: Cronyism for Big Retail?
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (367+ words) Government isn't rightfully in the business of picking winners and losers in the economy. Note the qualifier: "rightfully." This is, sadly, something government at all levels routinely tries to do, and while Democrats are more egregious about it, Republicans, honestly,…...
AOC Wants Congress to Use Antitrust Legislation to Take Down Apple, Other Tech Giants
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (412+ words) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a socialist Democrat from New York, called on Congress to use antitrust legislation to break up Apple and other major technology companies earlier this week. She pointed to expected price increases on phones and laptops as her…...
Consumer privacy and protection bill steps closer to the governor's desk
1+ week, 1+ day ago (427+ words) (The Center Square) - A House bill which would establish new business guidelines and consumer protections for the handling of personal data passed unanimously in the Senate Technology and Communications Committee Wednesday." Sponsored by Democratic Rep. Ed Neilson of Philadelphia County,…...
LIVE NOW: House Panel Examines Competition, Regulation in Airline Industry
1+ week, 1+ day ago (111+ words) The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing titled "The 30, 000-Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U. S. Airline Industry." What would you like to watch today? LIVE NOW: House Panel Examines Competition, Regulation in Airline Industry LIVE NOW: House Panel Examines…...
Congress to hold hearing on US airline competition, regulation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (358+ words) WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) " A House of Representatives panel will hold a June 24 hearing on the state of U. S. airline competition and regulation after the collapse of low-cost "carrier Spirit Airlines last month. A House Judiciary subcommittee that oversees "antitrust issues will…...
Justice Department Approves Paramount Deal to Buy Warner Brothers. Here's Why Libs Are Anxious.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (325+ words) Antitrust regulators at the Justice Department on Friday approved Paramount Skydance's $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, a merger that would create one of the largest companies in Hollywood and reshape the television news landscape. In a statement, the…...
A Federal Privacy Law Must Face the Tradeoffs
3+ week, 6+ day ago (131+ words) Privacy laws don't simply raise compliance costs, they change market structures. Less data may sound like an unambiguous improvement, but data is also an input into advertising, credit, fraud prevention, product development, and competition itself. And when the law limits…...
China uses Linked In to recruit spies.
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REPLAY: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Privacy and Data Security Legislation
4+ week, 1+ day ago (139+ words) The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee holds a hearing titled "Examining Legislation to Establish a Federal Comprehensive Privacy and Data Security Law". What would you like to watch today? REPLAY: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing…...